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Scraps a art |ract$. ? The British government has refuse< to consent to the amendments tha the United States senate made to th< Hay-Pauncefote treaty with referenc< to the Nicaragua canal. A Washing ton dispatch says there is no disposi tlon on the part of the government t< make any further proposals. There ii a suggestion of the advisability of as sembling an international congress ii Washington for the purpose of settling the whole question; but it is not under stood that either Great Britain or th< United States takes any special stocl in the suggestion. The British newspa pers claim that negotiations on the ca viol miaotinn hovo nnt hwn simnpndprt. ***** 4UV?V*V4* "M..V ?W ? ? The superintendent of the Dubuque Iowa, division of the Chicago Grea Western railroad, has issued a sweep ing order to its employes, which ha: caused a sensation. In effect it prohib its them from using intoxicating liquo in any form or at any time. It appliei to trainmen, station agents, foremei and all others who hold responsible po sitions. It prohibits them from enter ing saloons or using liquor, on or of duty. The penalty for any violation o this rule is immediate discharge of th< offender. The order also commands al employes to pay their honest debts Any failures to do so will cause theii immediate discharge, unless a reasona ble excuse can be given. ? The London Daily News, of Wed nesday, says: "We understand that th< government has modified the unconditional surrender policy. We bellevs Lord Kitchener has been authorized t< offer amnesty to both the Boers anc the Boer leaders except where treach ery is clearly proved. Cape rebels onlj are to be punished by disfranchisement Loans are to be granted to the Boers for the rebuilding and restocking o; their farms. The British government will offer to establish some kind 01 civil government as soon as all th< commandoes have surrendered. Its form will probably be that of a crowr colony, but with an important concession, which Sir Alfred Milner advises namely, a council including Boers ol position like Gen. Botha, Lucas Meyer and Mr. Schalk-Burgher." ? Ex-President Benjamin Harrisor died at his home in Indianapolis, Indiana, last Wednesday afternoon at 4.4i o'clock. General Harrison was born al North Bend, Indiana, on August zv 1833. He was a grandson of Willianr Henry Harrison, who was president ol the United States from March 4 tc April 4, 1841. Benjamin Harrison entered the Federal service at the beginning of the Civil war, as the colonel of a regiment from Indiana. He served throughout the war as a colonel, and was breveted as brigadier at the close He was elected president of the United States over Cleveland in 1888, and was defeated in turn by Cleveland in 1892 Since his retirement from the presidency he has devoted himself to the practice of his profssion, the law, and has contributed quite a number of political articles to the magazines. ? There are about 10,000 applications on lile at the war department for aboul 900 vacancies still existing in the commissioned grades in the army under the terms of the army reorganization ol January last. Being almost hopeless ol satisfying the many important conflicting interests in these appointments, the president is seriously considering the adoption of a plan suggested by Adjt General Corbin, whereby the entire list of vacancies shall be filled by the appointment of the most deserving vol unteers now in the service. The plai finds many advocates at the war de partment as being simple and praise worthy and in the best interests of th< service. If it is adopted it will reliev< the president of the importunities 01 politicians and will remove the legioi of civilian applicants from further con sideration. Tne pian win De vigorous ly opposed, ho\yever, by the politicians and is said to be too radical to stanc much chance of adoption. ? The Pekin correspondent of th< London Morning Post, wiring last Sat urday, and giving details of the storm ing of a gate of the great wall by Col LedebuPs column, March 8, says: "Tin Germans captured the Chung Sunj Pass, between the provinces of Chi L and Shan Si, after seven hours' fight ing. This result was brilliantly achiev' ed by the Bavarian battalion, whict marched 125 miles from Pao Ting Fu ir four days, through mountains and ovei difficult mule tracks. The Chinese helc a practically impregnable position or the great wall at the highest pari 01 the pass. They had several thousanc troops and artillery of all descriptions The Germans attacked them with 601 infantry and two Howitzers. The turn^ ing movement over an almost impass able country occupied several hour: and was completely successful. Th< Chinese fled into the province of Shar CM of looot r? qo rl and fnil 1 Ol, lca> 1115 a C JCttOV WUU V4V.C4.VA Uliu 4>>WI Hotchkiss guns. The victory will have an excellent moral effect, as the Chi nese believed their fortified mountair belt impenetrable. ? Friction has arisen at Tien Tsin be tween the British and Russians over 1 piece of land alleged to belong to th< Railway company, and to have been ir possession of the company for som< years. According to dispatches fron Tien Tsin, the Russians assert that thi! land is part of their new concessior and therefore Russian property. Th< manager of the railway, Mr. Kinder had begun to make a siding, but wai stopped by the Russian authorities He appealed to Colonel McDonald, wh< referred the matter to General Barrow British chief of staff in Pekin, who re plied: "Carry on the siding with ai armed force, if necessary." Guard: were put on the line by the British am the work was continued. Gen. Wag asak, the Russian commander, protest ed and said that the thing would no have been done if the Russians had hat as many troops as the British, adding that such matters should be left to di plomacy. General McDonald agair communicated with General Barrow who telegraphed: "Continue the siding." Gen. Wagasak, very indignant appealed to the Russian minister ai Pekin, M. de Giers. ? Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department, is pushing the wireles: telegraphy experiments along the Virginia and North Carolina coasts, the work being done by Secretary Wilson's direction under the immediate super vision of Prof. Wilson L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau. Prof. Moore l made this statement Tuesday regardj ing the experiments: "The most effit cient method of long distance transe mission has been found to be from cyl? inders. The new coast stations are be. ing equipped with cylinders of 16 wires each and 140 feet in length. Prom these j cylinders it is expected to cover a magg netic field of not less than 500 miles. The stations now in operation are at 1 Hatteras and Roanoke Island, Pamlico y Sound, North Carolina. Workmen are * beginning the erection of a tower at ? Cape May which will be the third sta tion. When this is finished the two remote stations will be 127 miles apart. . The three points now are connected by government telegraph lines, but this line will be abandoned on the complenf tvio Con? Wnttpras station. This t WV,.. V,. ..... incidentally will save the expense of the 3 maintenance of half a dozen repair . stations." r ' ?hc ^(orkwiUr (fnquim. ; YORKVILLE, S. C. \\" > SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1901. Congressmen Interested in the river r and harbor bill, insist that Senator Car* ter killed the measure with the jaw| bone of an ass. p When a paper of professed reputabil4 ity accepts as a fact a mere surmise of ' the Atlanta Constitution, it would seem ^ that the climax of absurdity has almost been reached. To say the least of it, it would be time for apologies. The attitude of Germany with reference to the Chinese problem is still a i puzzle. The presumption is that she sides with Great Britain and Japan; > but from time to time it looks as if 1 t she is not certain which way she might ; , jump. The United States does not api pear to be definitely committed either. ' J It looks as if she may have sense > enough to keep out of the quarrel. [ The senatorial boom of Congressman i t Latimer has been launched. It came j ! in the News and Courier of Thursday, | in the shape of a three column write-up , [ of the congressman's many brilliant j , achievements under adverse, circum- 1 stances. The whole thing bears evi- i dence of careful preparation in ad- : , vance, and looks as if it was intended i I for publication with the announcement . of the success of the exposition appro- i priation. But, unfortunately, that part j j of the story had to be eliminated, very i t much to the hurt of the otherwise nicely rounded article. f M'LAURIN'S POLITICAL STATUS. r It now develops, just as might have been expected, that there was but litJ tie truth in the story that was tele* graphed from Columbia last Tuesday * to the effect that Senator McLaurin ^ had quit the Democratic party. The story seems to have emanated from the senator's political enemies, and has but 1 little foundation in fact. Instead of the dispatch, as published, being based upon direct information ' from Senator McLaurin, it has become " quite clear that the whole thing is the P work of an imaginative correspondent, 1 who has succeeded in actually exaggerating a characteristic exaggeration of tho Atlanta Constitution. In other ' words the Columbia story was made 1 up from a Constitution story. The Constitution story was to the effect - that in reply to an inquiry from Sena' tor Jones, as to whether he desired to ' be invited to party caucus, Senator McLaurin had instructed Senator - Jones to strike his name from the cau> cus rolls. On this, without investiga1 tion, The State and News and Courier have been editorializing, concluding, to their own satisfaction, that Senator 1 McLaurin is a Republican and demand1 ing that he resign. i r It is a strange piece of business for I reputable papers to be engaged in. As 1 a matter of fact, even if The Constituc tution story were strictly true, it would 1 not warrant any such construction as The State and News and Courier have } seen fit to put upon it. If for sufficient " reasons. Senator McLaurin had re" quested that his name be stricken from 3 the Democratic caucus roll, it would i not be fair to consider him a Republi1 can until after he had asked that his r name be placed upon the Republican 3 caucus roll. But even this is not the point. 1 While he was in the house, Senator McLaurin struck out independently on . certain lines that he considered for the i best interest of the people of'the ; South. He was criticised by the Col- i l umbia State and The News and Courier i without reason, mercy or sense. He 1 was afterward appointed to the United 3 States senate. He accepted that ap1 pointment, after stipulating that there < i must immediately be a primary in , which the people should have their 3 say. In that primary his principles . were fought from one ned of the state < j to the other by a number of leading , politicians of the state. Irby, Evans - and Mayfield denounced him as a Re- ; l publican, upholding Republican princis pies, and pushed against him the bit- : i terest campaign of abuse the state has 1 - ever seen. McLaurin entered that cam- i - paign as a Democrat and appealed only i t to Democratic voters. The voters gave 1 him their endorsement and sent him to i j the senate to represent the principles - he had declared to them. Since then his i l every vote has been directly along the , line of his original proposition in the ! - house, looking to the protection of , Southern lumber, rice, etc., and paying t a bounty on Southern cotton. His vote i on the ship subsidy was distinctly con. sistent and Democratic. i j The position of Senator McLaurin < . is, to say the least, peculiar. If he < i should submit to the caucus of the Demi ocratic senators, he would have to re. nounce the principles upon which he was i elected, and would thereby betray h! constituents, especially as to the mal ters in which they have charged him a their representative. In refusing to er ter the caucus, he has merely show his determination to hold the interest of his constituents, above all other cor siderations. The idea that he shoul resign his seat because of his positio relative to the party caucuses is at surd. Had he gone into the party car cuses and there renounced the princ: pies he advocated in the primary, hi constituents would indeed have goo ground to denounce him as a traitc and demand that he resign his ser forthwith. That is the way the whol matter looks to us. But Senator McLaurin is not going t resign. He is not going to be driven, t. this late day, from his original positio by the abuse, misrepresentations an slurs of those people who were unabl to defeat him in the primary. He is gc ing to fight the fight out to the en< and give the .people another opportun ty to say whether or not they kne' what they were doing, when they er dorsed him before. All this Is to t gathered from the following statemen signed by him and published by him i the Columbia Record of Wednesday: "The statement that I requested m name to be stricken from the Demc cratic caucus roll is absolutely false, merely stated that I felt a delicacy i attending the caucus on certain ques tions where I differed widely from m party associates, as it might embai rass their deliberations. It is nothin but a deliberate and premeditated ai tempt to prevent the people from heai ing both sides of great national issue which nothing could ever reduce 1 mere party questions. If health an strength permit, I shall present thes issues as best I can in the next Demt cratic primary." MERE-MENTION. Fall River manufacturers are urgin a curtailment of production in order 1 relieve the cloth market Rear Ac miral Schley has been relieved of th command of the South Atlantic squac ron The British government is ai ranging to transport 5,000 Boer prlsor ers to India. The president ha practically completed the list of S Louis fair commissioners, and the ar nouncement of their appointment ma be made at any time. The list include ex-Senator Carter, of Montana; Line say, of Kentucky; McBride, of Oregor and Thurston, of Nebraska; and e> Representatives Rodenburg, of Illinois and Allen, of Mississippi. There are t be nine members of the commission..., A Negro, named John Henderson, wa burned to death at Corsicana, Texa; last Wednesday, for criminal assaul and murder. He confessed his crim and the citizens of Corsicana made great holiday affair of the burninj Justice Roberts held an inquest an gave out the following verdict: "I fin that the deceased came to his death a the hands of the incensed and outrage feelings of the best people in the Unite States, the citizens of Navarro and ad joining counties. The evidence, as we as the confession of guilt by deceased shows that his punishment was full merited and commendable." Ex President Cleveland paid a strong tribute to the ablity and integrity of th late ex-President Harrison Ex President Harrison is to be burled tc morrow The town of Cloverpor Ky., was destroyed by fire last Thurs day. the loss being about $500,000 Ex-President Cleveland is to deliver lecture to Princeton students on th "Venezuela Boundary Dispute." General Miles and staff has gone on visit to Cuba The Maryland ser ate has passed what is known in th state as the "disfranchisement" bill... Andrew Carnegie, the Pitlsburg phllar thropist. has offered the city of Cliai lotte 820.000 with which to erect a 11 brary building. The offer is based o the conditions that the city will donat a free site and establish an annual fun of $2,500 for the maintenance of the II brary. The offer will doubtless be ac cepted. . RUSSIA AND CHINA. Explanation of the Situation From the Stani point of the Czar. The Russian ambassador, Cour Oassini, was seen Wednesday concerr ing the reiterated reports as to Rus sia's designs on Manchuria, says Washington dispatch. Count Cassir said he was not authorized to make an official declaration on the part of hi government, but in view of the cor stant reports he consented to state hi individual views, based upon his Ion service in China and his familiarit with the general policy Russia has cor sistently maintained towards China. The ambassador first called attentio to the Chinese Invasion of Russian ter ritory last summer. There is a grea stretch of border between the two em pires, about 8,000 kilometers in lengtl and over the Manchurian borders th Chinese forces, he said, poured, com mitting depredations and threatenin Russian interests. This invasion wa of such a character, the ambassadc said, that Russia would have been jus titled then and there in declaring wa against China and taking Manchurk "* - 1 ^ Mien a. cuurse wuuiu na>c uv?t? jUM%.<.v by every principle of international lav and the right of Russia in this respec would not have been doubted by an other nation. Count Cassini added tha If Russia had been disposed to exercis this undoubted right, she had the mill tary forces on the ground ready to exe cute it. But Russia did not at that time tak Manchuria, and in that very fact, th ambassador said, was the best answe to the present reports of Russia's pur poses to absorb Manchuria. "Why ar Russian troops in Manchuria?" was fre quently asked. In reply, the ambassa dor asked, "Why are German troops British troops and American troops an other troops in Peking? There seeme to be no surprise about this latter con dition and yet it was exactly parallt to the presence of the Russian troop in Manchuria. In each case depreda lions were being committed, foreign in terests were in jeopardy, and each na lion sent its troops to give protection t the lives and properties of its peopl and to prevent the recurrence of disor der. In Manchuria the Russian civl engineers had been driven away fror work along the trans-Siberian railway with its spurs southward to Port Ar thur and eastward to Vladivostock. I [s was necessary to give adequate protect tlon to these engineers and to the railis way as well. i- . Count Casslni said there was not the n slightest question as to the right of :s Russia to construct the line across ,Chli nese territory, and with this authority d came the necessity of protecting the n line and the interests connected with )- it against depredations, i- Inquiry was made of Count Casslni i- as to the specific report that an agree[s ment containing a number of articles id was about to be concluded between >r Russia and China. it The ambassador suggested that such [e reports must be taken with a great deal of allowance. He was not advised on ,o any such agreement, and in the absence Lt of such advices did not, he said, feel at n liberty to discuss the subject. But on d general principles he pointed out that le any agreement or understanding which ). Russia might make with China would jt involve two essential features, namely, [_ first, adequate protection for Russian sv interests in Manchuria, in order that i- there might be no repetition of disorder >e and danger to life and property; and, t, second, the maintenance of China's tern ritorial integrity. As far back as August 25, Count Casy sini pointed out, the Russian minister )- of foreign affairs, in a formal note had * announced clearly and distinctly the j. policy of Russia in regard to Manchuy ria. In accordance with that declara> tion, it could not be doubted that when order had been established in Manchur_ ria and measures taken for the protecs, tion of railway construction, Russia :0 would recall her troops from Manchu^ ria, provided the action of the other ). powers did not place an obstacle in the way of such a measure. NEWSPAPER STRIKES BACK. e o Chicago Times Herald In Reply to Senator Tillman's Denial. te I- The Chicago Times-Herald was one ?. of the first papers to charge that Seni ator Tillman renounced his opposition is to the Cuban and Philippine amendt. ments in behalf of the Charleston ap i- proprlation. In reply to Senator Tilly man's denunciation of the story as >s false, The Times-Herald says: I- Senator Tillman says that he did only r what he could in a legitimate, decent / way for the Charleston exposition, that he made no pledges and received none, i; After such a rejoinder it would not be o courteous in the senatorial or any other sense to press the point; but Mr. Till" man's apology anent the subject of flli s bustering does not exeulpate him or his 3, Democratic colleagues in the least. It He explains that they had forced some concessions on the Philippines e which might have been denied at an exa tra session, and that, aside from this, filibustering would merely have post^ poned the inevitable because both branches of the new congress were d strongly Republican. Rather, then, A than provoke the majority, "it appeared d wiser to fully expose the infamies of , the two amendments and then allow a vote." I- In the sentence just quoted, how11 ever, the senator completely demolishes j his case, for while he admits the neces' sity for a thorough debate everybody y knows that no such debate took place. The amendments were passed under whip and spur, and *he whole treatment of the problems involved was e summary in the extreme. In the first > place, what could have been more insolent than makiner them subsidiary to | .. an appropriation bill? That was a wholly inexcusable method of dealing i- with the gravest questions of principle that have come before this government since the Civil war. And as for the discussion over the questions, that e might well have run along for weeks. It was no case of snap judgment at the a end of the session, but demanded that exposure which the Democrats failed to giye it with their dove-like roaring. ie The opportunity was a great one for statesmen thoroughly versed in their country's history, and it was. lost by a lot of cheap-jack politicians. The Bry* an Democracy came out of the struggle I- more contemptible than ever. ! McKINLEY IS NO COWARD. d IHe Walks About the Streets Without Any Armed Attendants. Strangers in Washington during inauguration week frequently remarked upon the personal courage of President j McKinley in going about the streets of the city without a guard and accompanied only by his brother or some it friends. The crowds upon the streets i- in Washington and the excitement i- made no difference in the president's a habits. He took his exercise at the il same time and in the same manner as y usual. Every morning after breakfast s he goes for a stroll and walks leisi urely for a mile or two in order to Is stretch his muscles and get his blood in g circulation before beginning the duties / y of the day. Then again before dinneH. i- he often takes another "constitutional." His habit is so well known that the n residents of Washington have ceased - to remark upon it. Lt President Harrison used to do the i- same and was seen in the business part i, of town even more frequently than e President McKinley, who seeks the i- quieter streets. President Harrison ofg ten went shopping. He appeared at the s counters of the retail stores in Wash>r ington as frquently as any other public i- man, and delighted in taking "Baby" ? \Tr>LTnQ Auf f av o c? t rnl 1 urViAn Via t. could find the opportunity. President d Cleveland, however, was never seen on r, foot outside of the White House .t grounds. There is a tradition that upy on one occasion he walked on the south t side of Pennsylvania avenue from the e railway station to the White House in - company with Col. Lamont and anoth. er friend, but nobody saw him. He chose an hour when the street was dee sorted. When he went out to drive he e was always accompanied by policemen, r No one ever saw the Cleveland carriage - without a guard when it was occupied e by the president; but neither Harrison >_ nor McKinley has any use for policemen. The regular force around the 5, White House has been reduced from 24 ' d to eight. Cleveland went out of office, .1 mnlfinp frnir shifts r?f twa mon dqpVi - night and day. ?1 While there might have been greater ' s danger than ordinary to President Mc Kinley during the inauguration days, 1 - when the city was full of strangers, it ' - evidently did not occur to him; nor do o the people of Washington sympathize 1 e with the strangers who think that the 1 - president is imprudent in going about 1 il so freely. He has no sense of fear and : n has frequently told people who caution- 1 ed him that if any person was dispos- ' - ed to assassinate him there was no way 1 t to prevent it. President McKinley gets 1 very few anonymous letters. He received a good many from Cuban sympathizers during the agitation that preceded the Spanish war, but they have ceased almost entirely. He hasn't received a threatening letter for months. President Cleveland used to get a good many and sent them all to the police office. That was probably why he was so cautious about going out.?W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record. HICKORY GROVE NOTES. Recent Deaths?Farmers Far Ahead With Their Work?Progress of the Gardeners. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, March 15.?There have been several sad deaths in our community in me past ween, un saDbath evening, Mrs. Annie L. Bray, who has been sick for some days with pneumonia, entered into the sleep of death. Mrs. Bray was a sister of Mrs. Roberts, who has lately moved to this place from King's Mountain. She was on a visit to her brother's when taken sick. At an early hour yesterday morning, Mrs. Robert Westmoreland died, after a few days' illness. Mrs. Westmoreland was laid away in her last resting place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Both of the above ladles had helped to nurse Mrs. Morrison through her sickness. It seems almost as if they sacrificed their life for this lady. The farmers around here claim that they are a month ahead of last year in their preparations for their crops. The plantation of Mr. W. S. Wllkerson lends an especially prety sight to the passerby. All of the town people have been at work in their gardens. The fruit trees are in blossom. They promise plenty of nice fruit, provided a killing frost does not come upon them. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Order of lite Eastern Star. Greenville special of March 13th to the Augusta Chronicle: Last night Mrs. Hattie E. Ewing, of Massachusetts, most worthy grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, installed the officers of the electoral chapter No. 6. A large number of Masons were present to witness the ceremony. Mrs. Ewing has recently organized grand chapters of the order in Alabama and Florida. Latimer Denies It. Columbia State, Wednesday: Mr. As bury (J. .Latimer, congressman irom tne Third district, passed through the city yesterday on his way to Washington. He insists that he had made no trade with Charleston for that city's vote in the senatorial race; but that he defended the exposition appropriation merely ] as a matter of duty. He also declares that Senator Tillman did all that was possible under the circumstances. Ueatli From Vaccination. . Orangeburg special of March 11, to The News and Courier: Mr. and Mrs. David N. Smith have the sympathy of J, the entire community on account of the death of their 12-year-old and only daughter, Nellie. Several days ago Nel-i, lie had been vaccinated, but her arm gave her so little trouble that she went to school as usual. Only a day or two before her death she was taken violently ill from the effects of her vaccinated arm, and in spite of every attention she died in a very few days. . Dewey mid Depew In Aikenl Columbia State, Wednesday: It is stated that Admiral Dewey and Senator Chauncey Depew are expected to arrive at Aiken in a few days to make a short stay. These will be but two more of the many prominent people who are spending the season at South 1 Carolina's famous winter health resort this year. A Columbian, who is just back from Aiken, says that there are more prominent people there this season than ever before, and that fabulous prices are being paid for quarters. In Behalf of Hardin and Crawford. Saysa Washington special of Wednesday to The News and Courier: Representative Flnley called at the White House today to urge the president to commission in the regular army Capt. J. S. Hardin, of the 46th infantry, and 1st Lieut. W. P. Crawford, of the 40th infantry. Both these officers are from Chester and are now serving in volunteer regiments in the Philippines. They are strongly recommended, have excellent records and Mr. Finley was very much encouraged by the manner in which the president received his suggestions. Promoted to Captaincied.. f The State, Thursday: It was stated yesterday that two South Carolina lieutenants in the regular army had been promoted. Both have been made captains and they deserve their promotion. One is Mr. George H. McMaster, of this city, serving with his regiment in the Philippines. Stories of his personal bravery and daring acts have from time to time reached this country. The other is Mr. M. B. Stokes, now on special detail and acting as collector of the port of Cardenas, Cuba. Capt. Stokes served in the war with Spain as major and later lieutenant colonel of the First South Carolina regiment, U. S. V. An Uicljr Cane In Charlenton. Alexander Brodie, white, age 19 years, was tried for murder in the court of 1 rn,,rt? feCilCiai CCOOlUllO 1X1 A^UdX iCOLUII, J. LI CO day. On February 10th, in the store of Mrs. Sarah Dixon, Brodie became involved in a difficulty with John Stirrup, a colored fisherman, shooting: him in the abdomen with a pistol. The case : was begun early in the morning and was not concluded until late in the afternoon, when the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty after being out two hours. The testimony showed that ' young Brodie, on Sunday night, Feb- 1 ruary 10th, entered the store of Mrs. Sarah Dixon. Brodie had a pistol which he flourished about. Mrs. Dixon ! begged him to put it in his pocket, i whereupon he fired the weapon to scare i her. She screamed and told the boy it ] was a shame for him to act in such a ! manner when she had no one to protect 1 her. John Stirrup said, "I'll protect < you, Mrs. Dixon," and Brodie replied < that he could whip Stirrup and struck I him in the face. A scuffle ensued and t the two fell to the floor, Stirrup on top. s lirodie drew his pistol and fired four 1 times, one of the balls penetrating Stirrup's stomach, and he died shortly af- i terwards. Another of the balls went f through Brodie's right thigh. ? LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Tell you in a big advertisement today that they have the biggest stock of the best clothing, at the lowest prices that has evei . been offered to the public of York county. They give prices and figure? and facts, and say that they are ready to back up their claims to the last line. They ask you to come anc see their clothing before you buy, and if you are not satisfied that you car do as well there as anywhere else, ol course they cannot expect your business. J. Q. Wray?Says that if you buy a label and hat combined it will cost you 52.50; but if you only buy the hat, he can sell you something that is the equal of the combination In style quality, etc., for $1.50. He wants you to see him before you buy a hat. Louis Roth?Says he will have Winyal Bay shad today (Saturday) and asks that you give him your order early sc as not to be disappointed. J. C. McGill, Clark's Fork?Offers to sel a second-hand double-action pump at a reasonable price. ? sUDDKN DEATH. Mr. Simpson W. Robinson, a highlj esteemed citizen of Yorkville, died suddenly at his home in this place yesterday at noon. He worked In the garder Thursday, and yesterday morning be ing seized with a pain in his breast grew rapidly worse until death came as stated. Mr. Robinson was a well-known citizen. He was born about three mile! east of Yorkville 71 years ago, anc lived in the neighborhood of his birth place until during the past two years h< has been a citizen of Yorkville. There is not a great deal to be sair about the deceased, further than tha he was an honest, upright man. Then is nobody living that can truthfully de clare the contrary. He went to the wai as a volunteer in Company A, 12th reg iment, in August, 1861, and serve< through the entire four years of thi struggle with honor and credit. H< was not just an ordinary soldier. Hii comrades all testify that from start t< finish he was as good as the best. Mr. Robinson leaves a widow anc six children?two sons and four daugh ters. The sons are Messrs. Robert anc Oscar, and the daughters are Mrs. A D. Dorsett, of Clover; Misses Janni* and Maggie, of Yorkville; and Misi Lena, a trained nurse in the Epwortl orphanage at Columbia. Up to the hour at which It was neces sary for this paper to go to press, n< arrangements had been made for th< funeral. It is probable, however, tha the interment will take place ii the Yorkville cemetery today, Saturday >^ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Mrs. Jane Williams, of Tirzah, was ii Yorkville yesterday on business. Congressman Finley returned fron Washington Wednesday afternoon. i0^Mr. Joseph Whitesides, of Valdora was in Yorkville on business yester day. . Miss Linda White, of Chatham, Va. is visiting in Yorkville, the guest o Mrs. Jas. F. Hart. ^Mr. Robert Gilflllan and Miss Nanni< Scott, of Sharon, spent Thursday witl inenus in xuiAtnic. uMr. Frank Hfcks, of Rutherfordton N. C., was down this week to atten< the Hart-Neil marriage. Captain W. B. Moore has presentei the K. M. M. A. literary society with i handsome steel engraving of Genera Robert E. Lee. Prof. Salvo, the piano tuner, has beei to Hickory, N. C., for several days having been summoned there as a wit ness in a damage case. He returne< to Yorkville Wednesday. W. A. Barton, of Greenville, dis trict agent for the Travelers' Insurant company, of Hartford, came over 01 Thursday and delivered a check fo $2,000 to Mrs. M. A. Thomas, theamoun of the policy in his company on th< life of her late husband, Mr. G. E Thomas. The proofs were mailed t< Mr. Barton on March 2. Mr. T. M. Whisonant, of Hlckorj Grove, formerly a member of the firn of Whisonant, Castles & Co., was ii Yorkville Wednesday, "prospecting." Mr. Whisonant has not yet decidec what he will do. He is merely castinf about on the lookout for something and he is more than half-way in favoi of settling in Yorkville. He would b< a decided acquisition to the citizenshij of this place, and it is hoped that h< will move here. CONGRESSMAN FINLEY. Congressman Finley returned fronr Washington last Wednesday afternoor and has since been doing but little els. than exchange greetings with his manj friends in town and from the country all of whom are glad to see him baci home again. In a short conversation with the reporter, Mr. Finley took occasion to saj that Senator Tillman had been badlj misrepresented by the newspapers ir regard to that alleged trade about the Charleston exposition appropriation "Why the senators were in favor of th< bill," said Mr. Finley, "and there was ? ? -~ft + QanotAr T111 i1u uuucicjujii 1u1 a. 11 cj.vjc. ..... man got It through the senate the flrsl day of the senate, and he watched it ur closely from start to finish. Of course the senator was interested in the rivei and harbor bill; but not vitally?nc more so than the rest of us. That, however, could have had no connection with the Charleston appropriation. There was nothing to be gained by filibustering against the Cuban and Philippine amendments to the army bill but an extra session, and there we would have only fared worse than we have already fared. Don't understand me as apologizing for Tillman. I am not an apologist for anybody; but I am merely stating a fact. I think Senator Tillman has been treated unfairly. As a matter of fact, he is a big man in Washington?one of the biggest in the senate, and is generally recognized as such. His policy so far as I am able to judge, and I think I have been in a position to see, is the greatest good for South Carolina. When it comes to working for an appropriation or any jther benefit, he will work as hard for Charleston as for Edgefield and as hard for Yorkville as for Charleston. The :ruth of the business is there is nothing small or narrow about Senator Tillman. He is as broad as the whole state." Mr. Finley talked interestingly about ,-arious matters, and was especially gratified that the threatened extra seslion had been avoided. He was sick in bed for a week with his throat, just before adjournment, but is now enjoying good health again. WITHIN THE TOWN. * ? The flag presentation at the K. M. I M. A. takes place this, (Friday) after: noon at 5 o'clock. W. W. Lewis, Esq., 1 will make the presentation speech. ; ? Mr. Brooks Inman has 56 hens?Plyi mouth Rocks and brown Leghorn. He I said yesterday that they lay for him an j average of about 36 eggs a day. ? The date of the proposed Charleston and Orangeburg trip of the K. M. ' M. A. cadets has been changed. Under | the arrangement, as it now stands, ? the K. M. M. A. cadets will play Char. leston college on April 5, the Citadel on 1 April 6, and Orangeburg college on , April 8 and 9. The Davidson college i date at Charlotte has not yet been ' fixed. I ? Mr. J. R. Ashe, president of the t York Cotton mills, and Mr. W. C. Latimer, who went North with him recently, have returned. Mr. Ashe said, Wednesday morning, that after reaching r New York, he decided not to buy a stock of dry goods at present as was his intention. "Th<- condition of the i yarn market, as wo fo.;r!d It, is so dis couraglng that wo do not leel warrant. ed in laying in such a stock of dry . s goods as we Intended." ? The Washington Post, of Monday, contained an article telling of the ; 3 crowds of people that thronged the 1 White House grounds during inaugu ration week. The following paragraph - from the article will be read with especial interest, for the little girl refer! red to is Miss Nellie, daughter of Mr. t and Mrs. G. W. S. Hart, of this place: - "When the president and Mrs. McKin ley went for their drive in the after- . r noon, a portion of the visitors always had their desire to see the chief executive gratified. A crowd waited each 3 day at the front portico, and when the ; ringing of the bell announced that the ? president and Mrs. McKinley were starting for their carriage, the attend3 ants would line the visitors up on each > side of the doorway, leaving an open passage to the carriage. As the presij dent came out, with Mrs. McKinley on his arm, the hats of the men would come off. and Mr. McKinley removing 1 his own hat, acknowledged their bows. Mrs. McKinley would also bow graci3 ously to the women, and Friday after noon she made a mother supremely 3 nappy by pausing a moment to caress i a little child. The incident occurred just as Mrs. McKinley was entering her carriage. A little girl with curly * hair, stood clinging to her mother's 3 hand, and gazing with eyes full of awe f. at the first lady of the land. When Mrs. t McKinley noticed the child she reached out her hand and caressed tier 1 cheek affectionately. All the awe in. stantly left the eyes of tne little girl, and she smiled back at the wife of the president with sympathetic understanding." 1 very pretty home wedding was solemnized at the home of Major Jas. 1 F. Hart on Tuesday afternoon last, when Miss Mary Elizabeth Hart, the ? youngest daughter oi Major Hart, was ' married to Mr. Walton Samuel Neil. The ceremony took place at half-past ? 5 o'clock and was performed by the ^ * Rev. W. G. Neville, the pastor of the bride and groom. The house was tastes fully decorated with hot house plants 1 and roses. The bridal couple was pre- ' ? ceded by the ushers, Messrs. Wildern * Neil,' Robert Steele and John Hart: ' 3 Next came the bridesmaids, Misses Minnie Steele, Claude Moore, Jessie 3 Neil, Annie Watson, Sudie Allison and 1 Linda White. Miss Margaret Hart, 1 the bride's sister, was the maid of honor. After her came the groom on the n arm of his best man, Dr. McDowell, '? and then the bride with her father. " The minister stood in the front of the 3 parlor, where an exquisite arch of evergreens and roses had been erected, and " before him knelt the couple whom he e pronounced man and wife. The girl 1 friends of the bride had gone to great r pains to decorate the rooms, and with t the pink shaded lights and the bridess maids gowned in pink, the effect was ' very pretty. Miss Mary Schorb ren3 dered the ever beautiful Mendelssohn Wedding March in perfect sympathy f with the occasion. The bride wore a 1 heavy white silk with veil and carried 1 a bouquet of lillies of the valley. The maids earned Douquets or pma ana 1 white carnations. Altogether it was a ' beautiful and impressive home wed? ding. r 5 THE ROAD LAW. ? } Pursuant to instructions from Superi visor Gordon and the county board of commissioners, J. S. Brice, Esq., attorney for the board, has drawn up a comprehensive condensation of the road 1 law with especial reference to its ap4 plication to the duties of overseers in J York county. Mr. Brice has gone very 1 carefuly over the whole road law, and ' the result of his work will be found of : interest not only to road-overseers; but to all who are subject to road duty. So far as the county board of commissioners are concerned, the road law hereafter stands as follows: 1 Overseers are required to serve for i two years from date of appointment. , The penalty for refusing to serve is a , fine of $10.00 and costs, or be sentenced ' to the county chaingang; and still fur' ther, any overseer who neglects or re fuses to perform the duties required of him, or who shall under any pretense give or sign any receipt or certificate ' purporting to be a receipt for labor in work performed or money paid, unless the labor shall have been performed or ( money paid prior to the giving or signing of such receipt or certificate, shall ? forfeit for every offense not less than i $10.00 nor more than $50.00. It shall be the duty of every overseer to make out a list of all persons liable to road duty belonging to his section, and the overseer is authorized to : demand of any person or corporation, the names of any and all hands in his, her and its employ. And should any ' person or corporation, refuse to furnish such list the overseer shall at once rennrt the matter to the nearest magis trate, and cause such persons to be prosecuted. Overseers are also authorized to appoint some suitable person, liable to road duty on his road, as a warner, and such person shall be exempt from road duty for the time he acts as warner. And the overseer having furnished said warner with a list of the hands liable to road duty, the said warner shall serve notice on each and every hand, either by seeing the parties personally and giving verbal notice, or by leaving written notice at the residence of the party, of the hour and place of working on said section; and the person so warned shall bring with him such necessary tools and implements used on a farm as the overseer may direct. All of the hands belonging to and assigned to a road section are to work under the direction and the supervision of the overseer. Overseers are also required to take good care of all tools furnished them by the county, and not permit or suffer them to be used for any purpose other than the working of